Following up on his smash-hit fictional drama "Fahrenheit 9-11," Michael Moore is foisting another political attack on America with his dictator-coddling movie "Sicko." In it, the Castro sycophant extols Cuba's health care system in order to condemn America's. The comparison is so fatuous that even the hard left NY Times has to point it out.
Having practiced medicine in both Cuba and the United States, Dr. Cordova has an unusual perspective for comparison.And when push came to shove, even Castro had to import a Western doctor to save his own life.“Actually there are three systems,” Dr. Cordova said, because Cuba has two: one is for party officials and foreigners like those Mr. Moore brought to Havana. “It is as good as this one here, with all the resources, the best doctors, the best medicines, and nobody pays a cent,” he said.
But for the 11 million ordinary Cubans, hospitals are often ill equipped and patients “have to bring their own food, soap, sheets — they have to bring everything.” And up to 20,000 Cuban doctors may be working in Venezuela, creating a shortage in Cuba.
Until he had to have emergency surgery last year, Fidel Castro — who turned 80 this year — was considered a model of vibrant long life in Cuba. But it was only last week that he acknowledged in an open letter that his initial surgery by Cuban doctors had been botched. He did not confirm, however, that a specialist had been flown in from Spain last December to help set things right.
I believe Fred Thompson sums it up best in his video response to Moore's latest b.s. If you haven't seen it already, watch it on http://brian71490.wordpress.com or YouTube. It'll make you laugh hard, and at the same time, make you remember just how much cooler we are than communists!
Posted by: Brian Gregory at May 31, 2007 11:04 PM
